Is iPhone really better than Nexus One?
Despite recent news items about the Nexus One being a better phone than the iPhone, there are several things that the iPhone does better than Android. Here’s a short list:
1) Copy and paste: Ever tried this on an Android phone? It’s horribly clunky and counter-intuitive while the iPhone’s copy and paste implementation is slick and well thought out. To make matters worse, you can’t copy from an email on the Nexus One.
2) Touchscreen: The Nexus One is praised for its WVGA (480×800) AMOLED screen, but in reality text appears less sharp and crisp than it does on the iPhone. As it turns out, the Nexus One doesn’t have true WVGA resolution, the PenTile matrix pixel layout of the AMOLED screen in the Nexus One means that the total effective addressable spatial resolution of the display is actually more like 392 x 653 (sans signal processing). The Nexus One touchscreen also has less precision and sensitivity than the iPhone’s.
3) Music applications: The music applications on Android is tolerable if you’ve never used the iPod applications on the iPhone, but if you have, it’s a nightmare. The interface is completely outdated Although access to the music files on Android is a plus, the iPhone’s iPod app wins the day for its User Interface, store integration and support for podcasts.
4) Application Store: The Android Market doesn’t have the selection or quality of the App Store, although it is gaining ground fast. Most of the majors are there: Amazon, eBay, Facebook, but other more obscure or more vertical apps will probably arrive in the App Store first.
So what do you think? iPhone or Nexus One?
